David Wilcox over at Designing for Civil Society has done an excellent job in putting together a social media glossary. I’m sure this will become a definitive reference source for many people involved in this fascinating and developing topic, and …
I assume that like me, anyone who signed the road pricing petition (see earlier blog) got their ‘personal’ email from Tony Blair today. For anyone interested in seeing what Tony has to say about it, you can find a copy of the email here: Download …
There’s an excellent commentary by Barb Brown on the role of Technology Stewards. Being a technology steward has very little to do with being an expert technology user, instead it’s much more about understanding the connections and interactions of…
I’m afraid this is off theme a bit, unless I try and make a very tenuous link to story telling techniques described by Shawn Callahan over at Anecdote! Actually, I picked this up from The Times yesterday in relation to a compilation of anecdotes f…
I was drawn to this item on the Phronesis blog by Bev Trayner. The Knowledge Management for Development Journal (KM4D Journal) has issued a call for papers on “Stewarding Technologies for Collaboration, Community Building & Knowledge Sharing in De…
All you wanted to know about Web2.0 in just under 5 minutes! An excellent video by Michael Wesch. No voice explanation necessary. Just sit and watch the pictures. Brilliant!
Public Sector Forums has linked a recent blog I published on the topic of the Integrated Public Sector Vocabulary (IPSV) with an organisation I’m presently undertaking contract work for. I would like to emphasise that the thoughts and opinions I e…
I was reading an article by Martin Veitch in last week’s IT Week about the release if IBM’s Lotus Connections, a set of tools that brings MySpace-like social networking to big business. IBM has been reported as saying that …”Connections will off…
I’ve previously commented on this topic and think I’ve made my views fairly clear. However, it’s comforting to know that I’m not alone in questioning whether IPSV serves any useful purpose. I picked up a report on a recent meeting of local authori…
I thought this Flash animation from the University of Ottawa was a neat introduction to facilitating a Peer Assist session for a community of practice. A Peer Assist is an established knowledge management technique for gaining input and insight fr…
